Tablesnapper
| Tablesnapper | ||
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| (Labyrinthochelys aqua) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | TheBigDeepCheatsy Other | |
| Week/Generation | 21/139 | |
| Habitat | Darwin Water Table, Drake Water Table | |
| Size | 50 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Endoskeleton (Bone) | |
| Diet | Omnivore (Cavamari, Ghost Crystal, Cave Korystal, Cavepede) | |
| Respiration | Active (Lungs) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Two Sexes, Frog-like Eggs Laid In The Water | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Saurochelones Refulgisauria Refulgichelonidae Labyrinthochelys Labyrinthochelys aqua | |
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The tablesnapper split from its ancestor. When some turtsnappers ventured into the Darwin Water Table, they found a home that had food and safety from predators, but they had to adapt to their surroundings. The tablesnapper's eyes have become more advanced than their ancestor's, which allows them to see better in the dark. In order to adapt to the deep water and lack of space within the water tables, its nostrils have moved higher up, its neck is longer, and its front legs have become longer than its back legs. The tablesnapper no longer has teeth, but instead, a strong beak that can slice cavamari and tear into ghost crystal.
Due to nothing hunting them, their carapace has reduced and most of its spikes are gone. The tail spikes that remain are used by male tablesnappers to fight over territory and mates. They have become much more territorial and aggressive towards each other and only meet to mate. Once a male tablesnapper mates with a female, it leaves the female to dig a small hole underneath ghost crystal or cave korystal and lay its eggs. Then the female abandons the young. The young also look different from the adults; they have less shell armor, a shorter neck, no tail spikes, and are quite pudgy. Once the young hatch, they are in danger from being hunted by aquatic earbacks that would find baby tablesnappers to be easy pickings. The young feed on cavepedes and scavenge off of any scraps that the adults leave behind. Despite the fact that they have changed quite a lot in appearance and behavior, they're internally similar to their ancestor. Just like its ancestor, the tablesnapper is another victim to the snapperworm, which is the descendant of the hitch-hiking snapper waterworm.
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